Stovepipe holder or collar.



Patented Sept. l6, I902;

J. E. 'FAULKNER. STOVEPIPE' HULDEB DB COLLAR.

(Application filed Feb. 24, 1902.)

(No Model.)

Inventor.

TNITED STATES JAMES EDiVARD FAULKNER, OF WHATCOM, \VASHINGTON.

STOVEPIPE HOLDER OR COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,087, dated September'16,1902.

Application filed February 24, 1902. Serial No. 951367. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES EDWARD FAULK- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whatcom, in the county of Whatcom and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe Holders or Collars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forms a partof this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in. devices for holding stovepipes in chimneys, for preventing the pipe from being pushed too far into the chimney, which impairs the draft, and in the provision of means whereby the distance which it is desired to insert the pipe may be regulated.

More specifically, the invention consists of a bar or bars having a cross-piece or is utilized to form means for limiting the inner movement of the pipe entering a chimney, a removable pin or pins being provided which are passed through apertures in the pieces supporting the cross-bar and adapted to bear against a collar through which the pieces pass.

The invention relates,further,to various details of construction, combinations of parts, and features which will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a perspective view showing my device as applied'to a chimney and holding the end of the pipe therein.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawing by letter, A designates a collar, which is designed to surround a pipe and to rest against the wall of a room where the pipe enters the chimney. This collar is of the usual construction and is provided with apertures or elongated slots B at locations diametrically opposite each other and near to the inner marginal edge of the opening through which the stovepipe is designed to pass into a chimney.

C designates a bar which is bent at substan- 'which might impair the draft.

tially right angles at two locations and has perforations D in the ends thereof, through which pins E are passed to adjust said bars with relation to the collar.

K designates a cross-piece which has two transverse-apertures K near its ends, through which apertures the bar 0 is adapted to pass and have engagement with the cross-piece at C. The ends'of said cross-piece K extend beyond the parallel portions of the bar 0 and are adapted to engage the inner wall of the chimney to prevent the bar 0 from pulling out of the chimney-aperture, while the inner end of the elbow of the chimney is adapted tobear against the fiat face of the cross-piece K, as shown in the drawing. Fastened to the ends of the bars 0 is a wire, which is adapted to be passed about an elbow of the pipe to hold same in the chimney.

In adjusting the device in place the crosspiece K is first inserted in the chimney-aperture and the pipe is adjusted in the chimneyaperture and pushed therein a sufficient distance to allow for a good draft. The ends of the cross-pieces O are passed through the collar and the pins are inserted in the perforations and the pipe is held fixed and prevented from being pushed into the chimney too far,

The wire fastened to the ends of the bar may be passed about an elbow and the pipe securely held in the chimney.

What I claim is- A device for holding a pipe in a chimney, comprising a bar bent at right angles at two locations, the ends of which are perforated, a cross-piece K, transverse slots near its ends through which the bar 0 passes, the ends of said cross-piece projecting beyond the parallel perforated portions of said bar, a collar having a central aperture to receive a pipe, slots in said thimble at locations diametrically opposite each other to receive the ends of said bar, pins passing through said perforations, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES EDWARD FAULKNER. 

